Peak to Peak
PROGRAM
Summary
Program Preview
Video Tape
Credits
HISTORY
Introduction
The Great Divide
Pleasure on the Peak
Exploring on Your Own
Further Down the Road
References
WAYSIDE EXCURSION
The Chinese in the West
Building the Moffat Tunnel
Tuberculosis/Growth of Colorado
TRAVEL
Chambers/Visitor Centers
Weather/Road Conditions
Map
RESOURCES
Peak to Peak Timeline
America's Byways Timeline
Teacher's Guide


Peak to Peak

References

The Chinese in the West
Flanagan, Mike.
The Old West: Day by Day.
New York: Facts on File, 1995.

Jung, William.
Biography of Chin Lin Sou.
[S. I. : s.n.], 1990.

Ourada, Patricia.
Dragon Banners over Colorado.
Class Paper, University of Colorado, 1951.

Rudolf, Gerald.
The Chinese in Colorado: 1869-1911.
Master’s thesis, University of Denver, 1964.

Wang, Xi.
"The Chinese in Colorado: A Demographical Perspective 1870-1885."
Essays in Colorado History 12. 1993.

Zhu, Liping.
A Chinaman’s Chance: The Chinese on the Rocky Mountain Mining Frontier.
Niwot: University of Colorado Press, 1997.
Building the Moffat Tunnel
Albi, Charles.
The Moffat Tunnel: A Brief History.
Golden: Colorado Railroad Museum, 1986.

McMechenn, Edgar Carlisle.
The Moffat Tunnel of Colorado: An Epic of Empire.
Denver: Wahlgreen Publishing Company, 1927.
Tuberculosis and the Growth of Colorado
Stout, Cynthia.
A Consumptives’ Refuge: Colorado and Tuberculosis.
Doctoral dissertation, George Washington University, 1997.
HIGHLIGHTS

Chinese-American man on wooden sidewalk
Chinese-American man
Courtesy, Denver Public Library, Western History Department, 10021520, X-21520

1880-1900
Chinese man poses on wooden sidewalk near a business district.


Moffat Tunnel under construction
Moffat Tunnel under construction
Courtesy, Colorado State Archives

Building the tunnel is a colossal undertaking. Workers excavate enough rock to fill 1,600 freight trains of 40 cars each.
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